Nova Launcher 5.1 beta 1 adds 'dynamic icons' that pull badges from notification content

Nova Launcher is one of the most popular third-party launchers on Android, partially because it's always adding innovative new features. That is certainly the case with v5.1 beta 1, which adds something called "dynamic icons." Rather than a boring numeric badge, these are badges with the content from notifications in them.

To hear developer Kevin Barry tell it, badges with numbers aren't very useful. What's the difference is you have 5 messages or 10?

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